Ethiopia bans first nude photo exhibition, says it’s ‘pornography’

ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia has imposed a ban on what had been billed as the Horn of Africa nation’s first exhibition of nude photography, the photographer behind the show said on Wednesday. Biniam Mengesha, 28, told AFP he had been planning to show 45 photos at the unprecedented exhibition – titled “Black Diamonds” – in the capital Addis Ababa from Friday through July 4.